Playing live to film

[tofu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 26yT7QXk#!

For a concert honoring veterans last spring a local tv producer put together some clips from Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th 1941 as a Silent Movie to match up with the music "At Dawn They Slept" to be performed live by us as the film played on a large screen descended from the ceiling. Only the conductor and audience could see the screen so tempo was all important to sync up with the film. This is both a challenge and a lot of fun. You develop a lot of respect for the old theatre organists that did this every day during the "Silent Film" era. Most of our concerts are broadcast live on tv and I believe this clip is from the tv broadcast.

Many of our concerts started being broadcast live a few years ago and it is a different vibe when you now have to sync the exact start/end with with the tv guys doing the countdown to the start of concerts etc. You work by their exact time scheduIe. I think it detracts somewhat from the experience of the members of the hall audience. They typical use three fixed position cameras and a rover. The three fixed cameras don't bother me, but I fear one of these days I'm going to get mad and kneecap the rover who either wants to stick the camera down the bell or stand in my line of sight at just the wrong time!

[michaelkeys]

Our Orcestra (21st Century Symphony Orchestra) is specialised on live performance of movies. We dit the Lord of the Rings Triology for example. Last week we played the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean - dead man's chest. Here is a clip someone put on youtube. (where you can find more from our orchestra) hope you like it

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